[c-nsp] hardware load balancer?

[Adam Greene]

Hi all,

I received a couple requests to summarize the responses I received to this 
inquiry.

I received many responses, on and off-list (and also from another mailing 
list).

F5 was mentioned most frequently in a positive way
IOS SLB on 7200/6500 and Foundry were also mentioned positively and 
frequently
Coyote Point received a number of very positive reviews on a mailing list 
mainly populated by Windows networking professionals
Cisco CSS was mentioned as a favorite by one person and as a most-hated 
solution by another
Local Directors seemed to have worked well in the past for a few people, but 
they have since been replaced by newer gear
Citrix Netscalers and Crescendo Networks got one positive review each
PF on some flavor of BSD was also recommended as a very good solution
Barracuda Networks was mentioned, but does not do stateful failover

Someone also suggested that utilizing Akamai or Limelight for redundant 
streaming services may be more cost-effective than trying to build out the 
infrastructure ourselves.

I also received the suggestion to get used hardware and deploy it in 
redundant failover configuration.

I appreciate the help!
Adam





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hock Jim" <hohockjim at gmail.com>
To: "Seth Mattinen" <sethm at rollernet.us>
Cc: "Cisco-nsp" <cisco-nsp at puck.nether.net>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 5:25 PM
Subject: Re: [c-nsp] hardware load balancer?


> Recently evaluated this semi-new load-balancer by Crescendo Networks.
> Performed strongly in TCP off-loading and http compression.
>
> Rather impressive. YMMV.
>
> cheers,
> Jim
>
> On 9/11/07, Seth Mattinen <sethm at rollernet.us> wrote:
>> Adam Greene wrote:
>> > I wanted to thank all people who replied to my question about hardware 
>> > load
>> > balancers, both on and off list.
>> >
>> > The feedback I received is very helpful in discerning options and best
>> > practices.
>> >
>>
>> Would you be willing to summarize for the list? I'm looking for some
>> load balancer recommendations as well. Thanks!
>>
>> ~Seth
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